I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, "Where have you been?" and I said right here for now on!
I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.
When you perform in front of an audience after only two days of rehearsal, you're flying by the seat of your pants - particularly when they're rewriting the show right up to the moment the camera goes on.
I thinned them out real thin once and it just didn't look like me. I know it was in style to have really thin eyebrows, but it didn't look right on my face.
I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.
I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better than a guy who is stone sober.
Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women.
So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff.
Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.
There are a lot of young players here right now, and these guys are going to eventually learn as they go. Next year we can't use that as an excuse that we had so many young players on the team.
Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.
Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.
I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.
This isn't meant to last. This is for right now.
I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.